Body of Proof: "All in the Family"

[icepixie]

Well, that was...not actually as bad as I thought it would be, considering that it was originally supposed to be the fourth episode. (I...did ABC just not care that they completely blew the continuity on two different storylines? Ooof. It's been a while since I had to deal with networks screwing this much with the episode order on a show.)

We finally get some transition between "UR SMOTHERIN' ME!!!" and "Hey, I wanna follow you around at work all day!" in re: Lacey and Megan, which was handy. And there may have been a fist-pump on my part when Lacey's friends declared Megan's diagnosis of the skin disease over the phone "really cool," while Lacey was all, "Guuuuyyyys, the narrative here is that she's my evil mother, get with the program!" I know twelve-year-olds don't have the best judgment, but she had that one coming. (And not just because I love Megan to unreasonable extremes.) Their last scene together in the car at the end was good, too, although perhaps due 90% to the fact that Dana Delany telling her kid she loves her and then getting all teary renders all other arguments invalid.

Heh, of course everyone loved Peter of the three sisters. (And of course Megan criticized his snacks as being tooth-rotting. I bet she rationed out Lacey's Halloween candy so it lasted until Thanksgiving, didn't she?) Now I really want future-fic where Lacey's spending a weekend with Megan and Peter and they all make pancakes or something, I dunno. IT WOULD BE CUTE AND YOU KNOW IT.

I feel like if I knew anything about Philadelphia neighborhoods, Peter's comment that he grew up near where the victim lived, and Megan's response that she'd taken him for an Upper Darby sort of guy, would make more sense. I assume from the giant house the victim and his family lived in that he grew up in a wealthier family than she'd expected?

As for the other storyline...well, if you're unspoiled, I'll just note that this episode was filmed before the ones where Kate has a date and where she's giggling at whoever's texting her on her cell. AHEM.

(Speaking of that storyline...Curtis, did you not notice that you asked the poor kid to drop his pants IN FRONT OF A WALL MADE ENTIRELY OF WINDOWS? I MEAN REALLY.)

My characterization of Todd as "pretty much an asshole" has been completely unchanged by this episode. First he's all snitty at Megan about how not actually getting to spend time with her daughter is "parenthood," then he tries to spin his pro bono case as something he's doing because he's a good guy when in fact it's a requirement to remain a member of the bar, then Kate has to point out the PR value of taking the kid on as a temp before he'll lift a finger to get said kid out an abusive home. Gee, he's a real peach.

[Spoiler; highlight to read] Kate, WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY are you going to start dating this jerk? Why? WHY?

I'm a little bit in love with Sam and Bud as partners. They seem like a well-oiled machine. Or perhaps a pair of wolves, considering they snuck up on people from opposite directions no fewer than three times in this episode. I...am not quite sure what the "I hate my kitchen" thing was all about with the construction guys, but I'm guessing it was basically meant as a distraction.

Two things that apparently got left on the cutting room floor:

1. What did Megan's father die of, anyway? Heart attack? Murder? We were left hanging pretty high there. And I'm guessing...her mother was in court and they couldn't get ahold of her before Megan got home from school? Or what? Logistics, people! Tell me what the hell happened!

2. So at some point very soon after the showdown at the victim's house, Peter, Bud, and Sam all got together and gave Megan a VERY STERN TALKING-TO, complete with shouting and perhaps threats of tying her up in a closet next time she gets invested in a crime so she can't do something incredibly dumb again, right? Because THAT WAS SO DUMB, MEGAN. SO DUMB. At least cops who go in without backup have a gun and assorted police training. You had stiletto heels, which, although original, are probably not the best choice of weapon in this kind of situation. 911. Learn it, live it, love it. Or surely you at least had Peter on speed dial? OY.

ETA: Two further things: One, Peter got to do some "medico" parts of his "medicolegal investigator" job! I wondered when they were going to let him do that. Two, I kind of love how Curtis will admit to Kate that Megan has rubbed off on him to the point where he orders expensive tests, but you know he's DAMNED if he'll admit it to Megan. Awww.

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[kaitlia777.livejournal.com]

Now I really want future-fic where Lacey's spending a weekend with Megan and Peter and they all make pancakes or something, I dunno. IT WOULD BE CUTE AND YOU KNOW IT.

Totally cute. And you know Peter would know how to do things like different flavors and fruit toppings.

As for the other storyline...well, if you're unspoiled, I'll just note that this episode was filmed before the ones where Kate has a date and where she's giggling at whoever's texting her on her cell. AHEM.

OMG, I somehow missed the spoiler that her mystery, giggle inducing man was Todd, but when I saw tonights ep, I was thinking, "Huh, they're kinda flirty. Kinda meaning way!"

So at some point very soon after the showdown at the victim's house, Peter, Bud, and Sam all got together and gave Megan a VERY STERN TALKING-TO, complete with shouting and perhaps threats of tying her up in a closet next time she gets invested in a crime so she can't do something incredibly dumb again, right?

I know! Common sense woman! Also, I could see Peter coming in one day and putting a prettily wrapped box on her desk. She opens it to find a taser. Cuz he knows she's going to keep doing whatever the hell she wants to do, damn the lectures.

Ooooh, he could take her to the firing range....

[rowdycamels.livejournal.com]

Ooof. It's been a while since I had to deal with networks screwing this much with the episode order on a show.

I know, what is this, Firefly?

And there may have been a fist-pump on my part when Lacey's friends declared Megan's diagnosis of the skin disease over the phone "really cool,"

Awwww, I like Lacey better knowing that she has the good taste to have little tweeny friends who think winning with science is awesome.

Heh, of course everyone loved Peter of the three sisters.

You just know that someday he and Megan will be working late one evening and out of the blue he'll be all, "Can I braid your hair? ...Why are you looking at me like that? THREE SISTERS." Lol, maternal!Peter.

Now I really want future-fic where Lacey's spending a weekend with Megan and Peter and they all make pancakes or something, I dunno. IT WOULD BE CUTE AND YOU KNOW IT.

OMGFLAIL!!!

Curtis, did you not notice that you asked the poor kid to drop his pants IN FRONT OF A WALL MADE ENTIRELY OF WINDOWS? I MEAN REALLY.

Well, to be fair, they don't seem to have any office space there WITHOUT giant window-walls. Such a hardship!

Gee, he's a real peach.

Yeaaaahhh. I wonder how Megan ended up with him in the first place. Maybe he was only proto-obnoxious 13 years ago?

I...am not quite sure what the "I hate my kitchen" thing was all about with the construction guys, but I'm guessing it was basically meant as a distraction.

I feel like that was a shout-out to some reality home makeover-type show, but I have no idea which one.

What did Megan's father die of, anyway? Heart attack? Murder?

Oh PLEEEEEEEASE let it be natural causes! The last thing we need is another procedural with an unsolved-parent-murder mystery, ugh.

Because THAT WAS SO DUMB, MEGAN. SO DUMB. At least cops who go in without backup have a gun and assorted police training.

She's lucky this is a procedural and not a horror movie! And yes, she so should have called someone (*ahemPeter*) to at least mention where she was headed considered THERE WAS A MURDERER ON THE LOOSE.

(Speaking of which, it's sad when the victim looks like an even worse parent than Megan. Seriously, you come home to find your husband murdered and your FIRST ASSUMPTION is that your wimpy emo teen did it? To the point that you're not really interested in pursuing other theories? That's harsh.)